How to use the Landlord Compliance Checklist England 2026: full video tutorial
Gas, electrics, EPC, alarms, licences, deposits and Renters' Rights duties per property, with renewal dates.
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Keep every legal duty for every rental property in one place, with renewal dates and a status in words. This full guide walks you through every box and result in the Property Clues Landlord Compliance Checklist, using 3 example properties in Leeds, York and Sheffield.
What you'll learn
- Adding properties and grouping them by owner or client
- Safety certificates in detail: gas safety (CP12), EICR, EPC, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and Legionella
- Licensing, tenancy start checks and the new Renters’ Rights duties
- Filtering the checks coming up across all your properties, by status and by client
- What-if examples: an HMO and a flat with missing dates, plus the EPC minimum and deposit cap checks
Chapters
- 3 checks overdue across 3 properties (example)
- Finding your way around
- The headline figures
- What the headline figures mean
- Your properties
- Setting up your own list
- Safety certificates
- Gas and electrical safety in more detail
- Alarms, the EPC and Legionella
- What if: checking the HMO
- What if: the York flat
- Licensing, tenancy start and new duties
- Licensing explained
- Tenancy start checks in detail
- The Renters’ Rights duties
- Coming up across your properties
- Filtering the list
- Reading the status chart
- Quick legal checks
- Habits that keep you compliant
- Saving and recap
Figures in the video are a worked example. Property Clues tools are educational calculators and checklists, not financial, tax, mortgage or legal advice. Speak to a qualified adviser about your own situation. The voice in the video is AI-generated.